“Socialization” Please
respond to the following:
- Explain how
the various agents work together to socialize today’s adolescents compared
to the socialization of your grandparents or parents. - Imagine how
the next generation might answer this same question.
“Social Interaction in Everyday
Life” Please respond to the following:
- A status is a
recognized social position that an individual occupies. People occupy many
statuses at the same time. Each status has a role associated with it. A
role is the behavior and attitudes expected of someone who occupies a
particular status. Discuss your current ascribed and achieved status
set. - Identify your
statuses that operate as a master status. If you have no master status,
state what will have to change for you to hold a master status. - Describe the
role expectations of your statuses.
“Sexuality and the
Media” Please respond to the following:
- From the
first e-Activity article, discuss whether you agree or disagree with the
article’s premise that the media portrays women as sexual objects. - Describe the
boundaries you think that the media should adhere to when it comes to
issues of sexuality.
“Deviance” Please
respond to the following:
- From the
second e-Activity, identify any items from the list that you feel are not
a violation of a social norm and propose items that you would add to the
list and state why. - Explain who
is responsible for establishing what is, and is not, considered deviant
behavior.
